Non-skid device.



J. KOPEGZKY. NON-SKID DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 2, 1914.

1,1 1 1,072,, Patented Sept. 22, I914.

Application filed April 2, 1

i ary object of this invention is non-skid hill: adapted for ready surface of a, vehicle ntion of sicle slipping and to pro- VlClB a link having spaced tread spa :iec'cerl by l: members s acecl aim POSlUOHQti at opposiiie tire tread :fur'thci: oh iec'l' is to provide a noniilClOSlllg portion of a vehicle removahly attached to the )OliGS by a resilient recruiting means.

sides o i i these general objects in 'vieW- and 15 others iihai' will appear as the nature of the r understood, the same COH- ovcl ccnibiiia'ii'in and. arrange hereinafter fully rlescribetl,

the accoii'ipaii ving (lia'xrings J ii lhe appended claims.

wings forming a pare or this ml in which like ,esighalimg corresponding parts 'Q'll VlEWSZ lQIHB l is ice partly broken away i. section of an automoi=i a top plan View there- 'rans'verse section L]. View oi the rlovice in .e

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lcl crrc the non is herein 'illiistiaize-(l as oriiinar i construction of consisfine; of the pneul mounted upon a felly ll, the

' indicated as 12.

ia'v' he eiiiplo'vctl. The n 1 GI eml oars 01 their ii by i l Specificaiion of Letters ease connecting bars 16 are spacer} apart sulliciently to seat upon opposite sides of the tire ami are secured by means of the screws 17 between the end bars 13. Said side bars are provided with outwardly projecting ribs 18 which are sharpened. and formed suhstantially i shapecl in cross section and air-- "angecl substantially midway of the i side hairs.

ll; is designed. to secure the 1 adjacent ones of the spoke l9, b means of: blocks 19 having inner faces 20 adapted to fit around the Wheel lelly and also adepted. to inclos a spoke between each pair of blocks, Wl'llCil bloc 15 are i'eniovably secured. in such contacting positions with the folly and spokes by my of bolts 21. and loch nuts mounted. b creon. Swinging rocls 2-3 are pivoted upon pins 24 secured Within slots upon the depending ends 26 of each of the 031d bars 13 the link, While such pivoted rods 2 re sliclahly positioned through perforaiions in the catwarrlly pro iecting 28 Of the said blocks 19. Helical are posiiionecl up n the rods 23 r iencly motrlt the end bars 13 upon said lugs 28 through she engagement of said springs 29 so iositionecl heiween "the lugs 28 and the heads 30 of the swinging rods While him nuus I31 are so 'eiv-ilii'eetleci upon the lower ends win ging; rods for 'iigg the outward lilOTGlllQHi; of said rods.

the same is readily applied 30 a Wheel WilQD the turn huts and bolts 21 are removed.

and, through the agency of said bolts and nmzs the device may he quickly attached to and detached from any form of vehicle wheel. Fi lieic. in po. the depressing of the tire upon the roachway resiiiently p0- sitiohs the four ribs 15 and 18 of the link upon said roaclnvay allowing the supporting springs .39 thereon to be COIDQICSSGCl and thus moving the rods inwardlv While the said rihs prevent any siflc siig'iping or slzi ichhg of .he "Wheel. It; may he also notecl lflli to two that the side bars 16 may be replaced by' new bars at any time desired through the agencv of the screws 17 While the forms of the invention herein shown and described are what are believed to be preferable embodiments thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made in the form, proportion and details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

What is claimed as new is 1. A device of the class described comprising block members rigidly secured to the wheelfelly and having projecting perforated lugs, arclrshaped end bars adapted to seat upon the tread portion of a tire and having outwardly projecting ribs, connecting bars between said end bars at opposite sides of the tire and having outwardly projecting ribs, swinging rods upon said end bars positioned through the perforations of said lugs'and cushioning springs upon said rods and seated upon said lugs.

2. A device of the class described compllSillg arch-shaped end bars adapted to seat upon a tire and having outwardly projecting transversely positioned ribs, removable side bars secured between said end bars and positionable upon opposite sides of the tire and'having outwardly projecting longitudinally positioned ribs, said. end bars having inward projections at each end thereof and provided with slots in said projections, swinging rods havingheads pivoted in said slots, blocks having inner faces adapted to engage the wheel rim, felly and spokes, looking means .for said blocks, outwardly proj ecting lugs carried by said blocks and having projections therethroughl, said rods slidably positioned through the perforations of said lugs and encircling springs upon said rods seated between the ends of said rods and the outer faces of said lugs.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH KOPECZKY. Witnesses:

M1Kn SEGAT, J os. DANGO, 

